Jito vs Lido

Jito offers liquid staking on Solana with MEV‑sharing that redistributes validator MEV and priority fees to JitoSOL holders. Its client integrates the open‑source Jito Labs validator, which has captured up to 60 % of Solana MEV slots. In April 2025 Jito launched a restaking beta aligned with the upcoming Solana Firedancer client.

Lido is the largest liquid‑staking protocol, minting stETH and other LSTs that track underlying validator balances 1:1 minus a 10 % reward fee. Its dual‑dao governance splits responsibility between the Lido DAO and the protocol’s Node Operator Registry, reducing centralisation risk. By May 2025 over 9 million ETH—roughly 30 % of staked supply—was custodied under Lido smart contracts.